Blues Blast Magazine
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Blues Blast Magazine provides in-depth artist interviews, honest music reviews, coverage of events and performances plus great photos and videos all for FREE! Blues Blast Magazine was founded in 2007 by blues fan and publisher Bob Kieser. Based in the United States with writers across the globe.
Blues Blast Magazine
15h ago
Anthony Geraci – Tears In My Eyes
Blue Heart Records
www.anthonygeraciblue.com
11 tracks/48 minutes
Anthony Geraci has played piano for countless other musicians over the years and his own albums are always a delight to listen to. He surrounds himself with a bevy of fine players and singers and gives us another likely award contender with this release.
Geraci plays piano and sings a bit. Sugar Ray Norcia and Barrett Anderson handle the brunt of the vocal tracks; Anderson also plays lead guitar throughout. Paul Loranger is on on bass and drums are shared by Marty Richards on the first four trac ..read more
Blues Blast Magazine
1d ago
Cover photo © 2024 Marilyn Stringer
In This Issue
Jack Austin has our feature interview with Cedric Burnside. We have six Blues reviews for you this week including new music from Anthony Geraci, Big Harp George, JP Soars, Kirk Nelson & Jambalaya West, Consummate Rogues and BLUES People. Scroll down and check it out!
Featured Blues Review – 1 of 6
Anthony Geraci – Tears In My Eyes
Blue Heart Records
www.anthonygeraciblue.com
11 tracks/48 minutes
Anthony Geraci has played piano for countless other musicians over the years and his own albums are always a ..read more
Blues Blast Magazine
3d ago
Rickey D Hayes – Story of the Blues
Self Released
https://hayesproductions.com/story-of-the-blues
11 songs, 44 minutes
Gary Moore was one of the pillars of Blues Rock. The Skid Row and Thin Lizzy guitarist blended British Blues, Stadium Rock, Heavy Metal and a real deal understanding of the Blues into a unique style. Cincinnati based multi-instrumentalist and musical renaissance man, Rickey D. Hayes has created a fitting tribute to Moore in his Story of the Blues. An album originally conceived of as a collaboration with his friend and vocal foil Dennis “Willie D” Williams, Story of the Blues g ..read more
Blues Blast Magazine
3d ago
Michael Van Merwyk – Blues Everywhere I Go
Timezone Records
www.timezone-records.com
9 songs time – 42:44
Just when I thought real heartfelt blues had gone the way of the dinosaur, along comes this blazing mountain of a man from of all places Germany putting out a mostly ferocious and raw brand of blues. Unbeknownst to me Michael Van Merwyk has been at the music game for forty years now. With his booming growly voice and sinuous slide he creates atmospheric magic. He also wrote all but one song and assistance with lyrics on one song. His crew includes another slide guitar guru in Abi Wallenste ..read more
Blues Blast Magazine
4d ago
Cover photo © 2024 SweetMusicChica
Life can be full of surprises. For guitarist Louis X. Erlanger, the journey had started playing with a blues legend at a young age before getting recruited for a band that ended up on a major record label, and toured the world. Later, Erlanger decided to concentrate on his family, finding work that gave him an education in another aspect of the music business. He continued to play, record, and produce with a number of blues artists, finally cutting some records of his own, albeit under an assumed name The sum total of those experiences made him uniquely qual ..read more
Blues Blast Magazine
4d ago
Roger “Hurricane” Wilson – Somebody Had to Say It
Blue Storm Records
http://bluestormrecords.com/
9 songs, 44 minutes
It is an accomplishment if an artist can live a life full of music. Those people who can hustle and put together a career even if they never get the name recognition of a super star. Roger “Hurricane” Wilson is that type of artist. A prolific musician and Blues force, Wilson is an educator, disc jockey, writer, and promoter among other things. Hurricane’s record Somebody Had to Say It is an all original showcase of his highly fluid guitar chops and at times skewed writing style ..read more
Blues Blast Magazine
6d ago
Dustin Arbuckle and the Damnations – Live at the Shamrock
Self Released
www.dustinarbuckledamnations.com
9 songs, 49 minutes
The Blues is a music that is most engaging live. Many Blues studio albums are recorded with all the musicians playing together live. The true magic comes when the connection between musicians is then shared with an audience, each person feeding off each other’s energy in a communion. That is what happens on Dustin Arbuckle and the Damnations new record Live at the Shamrock. A home town institution in Wichita, KS, “The Sham” is a perfect venue for the Damnations to displa ..read more
Blues Blast Magazine
1w ago
Paul Oscher – Live at the Tombs House of Detention
Blues Fidelity Records
www.pauloscher.com
12 songs – 50 minutes
Here’s a treat for you! Paul Oscher died of COVID in 2021. But before his passing, he bestowed a huge catalog of unreleased performances to Blues Fidelity Records in the hope of continuing his legacy for future generations. And that’s exactly what the label is doing with this stellar CD, the first of several planned Oscher releases to follow.
Paul was still a teenager when Muddy Waters hired him to play harp in his band. The first white musician ever to be part of Muddy’s organiza ..read more
Blues Blast Magazine
1w ago
Cover photo © 2024 SweetMusicChica
In This Issue
Mark Thompson interviews Louis X. Erlanger about managing the music legacy of Paul Oscher. We have six Blues reviews for you this week including new music from Paul Oscher, Dustin Arbuckle and the Damnations, Blind Lemon Pledge, Roger “Hurricane” Wilson, Michael Van Merwyk and Rickey D Hayes. Scroll down and check it out!
Featured Blues Review – 1 of 6
Paul Oscher – Live at the Tombs House of Detention
Blues Fidelity Records
www.pauloscher.com
12 songs – 50 minutes
Here’s a treat for you! Paul Oscher died of ..read more
Blues Blast Magazine
1w ago
The WyattChristmas Five – Are You Ready?
Part Records
www.wyattchristmas.com
13 songs time – 43:53
The clearest description for this German outfits’ music is cabaret music tempered with 50s rock, rockabilly, swing, show tunes, boogie woogie and a taste of blues. It is mainly light fluff in lyrical content and presentation, although the instrumentation is first rate. Andy WyattChristmas handles guitar and most vocals The songs were penned by various combinations of Andy, piano player Miss Martini and vocalist-guitarist-harmonica player Grandpa Pete. Olaf Schumacher on upright bass and Philip Fl ..read more